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Throughout history there are unhappy and sorrowful stories where something beloved is quickly discarded without thought or care. One such case is the tragic tale of the Christmas tree. Even the notorious and famous that do wrong are eventually forgiven (Chris Brown, Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson, Milli Vanilli – OK Milli Vanilli were never forgiven, I guess domestic abuse, adultery, fraud and accused child sexual abuse beat out lip syncing in our culture). But no, the sad, sorry Christmas tree which once shone bright, sat on a pedestal and was cherished by adoring families is now a piece we’re desperate to get rid of.

Most aren’t even given a clean death, a hero’s death. They aren’t wrapped in shroud and given food and wealth for the after world or next life. They aren’t swiftly beheaded. They were not laid upon a pyre and sent down the river. There are no happy words of remembrance or tears shed. None of that for the previously prized Christmas tree now being dragged from our homes by the trunk, kicking and screaming before being thrown on the curb with the rest of the trash. Left in the street, not even taken to a proper burial site.